Friday crosswords are known to be the most arduous of the week. You’ve made it through four days and by now your brain is a finely tuned machine. Rev up your brain cells on super tough puzzle that are fuel for thought. A little more than half of the 72 crosswords have themes—“Chapter and Verse,” “Radical Chic,” “Dress Code,” “Family Ties,” etc.—and often there’s something tricky going on. Once you’ve figured out the final clue in the last puzzle, take a break over the weekend and then start all over again withEasy Monday Crosswords #2.

The answers are fairly common words and phrases--but the clues are diabolically difficult, with mischievous misdirections, trivia, puns, and other trickery. Try this: "change of heart" (15 letters). Answer: "organ transplant." "Finely crafted crosswords that will put your word and trivia skills to a severe test."--Will Shortz, Crossword Editor, "The New York Times."

Now there's a crossword collection for every level of solver, from word game newcomers to experienced experts who confidently use a pen, even when completing total brainbusters. Just like the crosswords in most newspapers, this fun series is organized by days of the week. You'll find the very simplest puzzles in Easy Monday (no unfamiliar words); ever-more difficult ones on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Killer Thursday; and unbelievably challenging, cranium-crushing examples in the Friday compilation--the hardest crosswords in America. From "Street Names," the perfect puzzle for novices, to the mind-melting "Weekend Warrior," these super puzzlers offer plenty of smart entertainment.

You always said you were smart. Now here's a chance to prove it, with the most challenging crossword collection ever. There are very few black squares in these crosswords, which means that most of the answers are long. Some of the information required challenges every facet of your general knowledge. And even when the answers aren't hard, the clues can be quite tricky. Try this, in the long answer category: what's a 15-letter word for Psychiatrists' suggestions, sometimes? In the area of specialised learning, do you know what Limon or Vanila (10 letters) refers to? And in the matter of tricky clues: what's the five-letter answer to 'nui loa' ('Fondest regards, ' in Maui)? Give up? Answers: ANTIDEPRESSANTS, BACARDI RUM, and ALOHA. If you can fill in all the blanks in these 72 cranium crushers, you're super smart, indeed. About MENSA: - Mensa is the internationally renowned high IQ society which has a worldwide membership of almost 100,000 members in more than 100 countries. There are 28,000 members in the UK, including 2,200 Junior Mensans under the age of 16.To join Mensa, the only requirement for membership is that an individual's IQ falls within the top 2 per cent of the populatio